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Question: How do you lose weight caused by meds?
(Posted by: h_carlin on 2008-05-23 22:05:40)
Took medicine for anxiety and I have gained 25 lbs to 30 and I know it is not from food. I only eat toast dry with a cup of tea for breakfast and lunch is an apple...if that. I rarely eat lunch nor do I snack..dinner is at 5:30 daily and it can be anything...I used to be a size 5 to 7 now I am a 10 to 12/ 14 HELP! It is not like a diet is needed but this weight is sure depressing me, and here I am taking meds for anxiety and this weight is causing me anxiety...sad, but true....any advice and yes I work out a hour a day and than walk my dog 30 minutes every night...I am fed up I can not lose this... Yes, I am on Elavil....I tried to go off of it and thought I was doing fine after 6 months and than the I.B.S. came back full force ane the anxiety built up and very close to a panic attack. I suffer those to, however have not had one in 8 months due to me going through a program called Ann Jovicin Process It is a 16 step program and I am on step 8 so far so good...it is a meeting with her once a month and listening to tapes while asleep and reading literature. However I still need meds for the anxiety I am going through. But this weight gain is really getting me down..I have tried Klonopin it did not work for me. I have gone through so many meds it is not even funny anymore...I was like a walking pharmacy till we found one that worked which would be the Elavil...25mg however he wants to up it on me to 50mg and I am afraid more weight will come...I am literally in tears over this.... many thank you's for your effort in trying to make me feel better. ((HUGS)) now I wonder about my doctor because when they weigh me, he had to notice that my 125 is now 153. or is this just normal and he see's nothing wrong with it! argh I am getting so depressed, I can not even tell you. I have 2 boys and my second one made me look like a blimp that I could barely walk. After he was born I lost all that weight naturally. And within a year I went back to 125, when I was pregnant with him I jumped to 170 :( talk about scarry..I was fine with it though because I knew I would lose it eventually...where as this medicine is horrible, it just started to climb and climb and my closet kept getting smaller and smaller...how sad is this : I went shopping for pants obviously and I called my husband in tears saying I don't fit in pants and I have to buy size 10's! I cried so hard in the dressing room. And now I am pushing 12's I can not do this, I am so unhappy now...so yeah what is wrong with my doctor!!! GOOD QUESTION > > > |
